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Meaning of "keylogger" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KEYLOGGER

keylogger  [ˈkiːˌlɒɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEYLOGGER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Keylogger is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KEYLOGGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

keylogger

Keystroke logging

Keystroke logging, often referred to as keylogging or keyboard capturing, is the action of recording the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. It has uses in the study of human-computer interaction. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware and software-based approaches to acoustic analysis.

Definition of keylogger in the English dictionary

The definition of keylogger in the dictionary is a piece of hardware or software that does keylogging.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KEYLOGGER


blogger
ˈblɒɡə
cataloger
ˈkætəˌlɒɡə
cataloguer
ˈkætəlɒɡə
clogger
ˈklɒɡə
dialoger
ˈdaɪəˌlɒɡə
dialoguer
ˈdaɪəˌlɒɡə
flogger
ˈflɒɡə
footslogger
ˈfʊtslɒɡə
logger
ˈlɒɡə
moblogger
ˈmɒbˌlɒɡə
mudlogger
ˈmʌdˌlɒɡə
weblogger
ˈwebˌlɒɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEYLOGGER

keyboardist
keyboards
keyed bugle
keyed up
keyhole
keyhole saw
keyhole surgery
keying
keyless
keyline
keylogging
Keynes
Keynesian
Keynesianism
keynote
keynote speaker
keynote speech
keynoter
keypad
keypal

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEYLOGGER

bigger
bogger
bulldogger
cogger
dagger
defogger
digger
dogger
fogger
hogger
hotdogger
hugger
Jagger
ligger
pettifogger
progger
slogger
togger
trigger
whole-hogger

Synonyms and antonyms of keylogger in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «keylogger» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEYLOGGER

Find out the translation of keylogger to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of keylogger from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «keylogger» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

键盘记录
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

keylogger
570 millions of speakers

English

keylogger
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

keylogger
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلوغر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кейлоггер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

keylogger
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

keylogger হয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

keylogger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keylogger
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Keylogger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キーロガー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키로거
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Keylogger
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keylogger
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீலாக்கர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कीलॉगर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keylogger
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

keylogger
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

keylogger
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кейлоггер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

keylogger
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

keylogger
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

keylogger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

keylogger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

keylogger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of keylogger

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEYLOGGER»

The term «keylogger» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.062 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEYLOGGER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about keylogger

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEYLOGGER»

Discover the use of keylogger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to keylogger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures: Attack Phases
41 notepadexe Untitled - Notepad I want to theckif this keylogger really works 1?: 2?:53 notepad.e>ce Untitled - Notepad looks like it works :P Monitoring Figure 5- 26 Revealer Keylogger is a keystroke logger. Tool: Revealer Keylogger ...
EC-Council, 2009
2
Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection: 13th International ...
In every other case, our detection system was able to detect the keylogger correctly within a few seconds. Virtuoza Free Keylogger required a longer window of observation to be detected. The Virtuoza Free Keylogger was indeed the only ...
Somesh Jha, Robin Sommer, Christian Kreibich, 2010
3
Steal this Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You about ...
Actualkeylogger Creating a VB Keylogger Freekgbkeylogger-193 Freelogger Homekeylogger.zip John-16w.zip Kbhook.zip Keylogger.zip Keylogger-king-free- 13 Kreview.zip Logger.zip (Mac OS X) Logkext.dmg (Mac OS X) Mkrack.dmg ...
Wally Wang, 2006
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Combating Spyware in the Enterprise
Instead, it simply blocks the processes that keyloggers use to have Windows supply them with data. Keylogger Hunter installs very easily, following the standard setup as most Windows-based applications. It places a shortcut to itself in your ...
CompX Digital
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Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals
Keyloggers A keylogger captures and stores each keystroke that a user types on the computer's keyboard. This information can be later retrieved by the attacker or secretly transmitted to a remote location. The attacker then searches for any ...
Mark Ciampa, 2011
6
Combating Spyware in the Enterprise: Discover, Detect, and ...
Keylogger Hunter installs very easily, following the standard setup as most Windows-based applications. It places a shortcut to itself in your Start menu, and it gives you the option to launch the program immediately. Testing Keylogger Hunter ...
Paul Piccard, 2006
7
Rootkits For Dummies
There is a reason that Explorer . exe was the targeted process that KeyLogger . DLL injected itself into. It was specifically chosen because it's the parent process of all processes launched by the user. Therefore any user programs running ...
Larry Stevenson, Nancy Altholz, 2006
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Advances in Computing and Communications, Part III: First ...
Another keylogger was implemented as a kernel mode rootkit (a device driver) which remains hidden from the task manager and all such other applications e.g. Process Explorer. We will refer to this as Sample B. We implemented this sample  ...
Ajith Abraham, Jaime Lloret Mauri, John Buford, 2011
9
The Core Of Hacking:
KEY LOGGER & SPYWARE A keylogger is something that records keystrokes made on a computer. It captures every key pressed on the keyboard and stores it down in a file or memory bank that can be viewed by the person performing the ...
Rahul Dwivedi, 2014
10
Security Awareness: Applying Practical Security in Your World
Keylogger A keylogger silently captures and stores each keystroke that a user types on the computer's keyboard. This information can be later retrieved by the attacker or secretly transmitted to a remote location. The attacker then searches for ...
Mark Ciampa, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEYLOGGER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term keylogger is used in the context of the following news items.
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ZoneAlarm Launches Windows 10 Compatible Antivirus Software for …
... 2-way firewall, zero-day-attack protection, parental controls, Find My Laptop, PC tune-up, anti-keylogger, private browsing, and more. It is one ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
How to spot scams and protect your identity online
A keylogger is a type of spyware that records every tap you make on your keyboard and matches it to web pages you've visited. Adware installs ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
3
Global Industrial Cyber Security Market Report 2015
According to the report, the rise in cyber-attacks such as DDoS, keylogger, adware, and crimeware in the manufacturing and power sectors is ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
4
Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America
A. It was a keylogger, a threat that undermines the security of a system by reporting all keyboard events (keys the user presses), as well as ... «We Live Security, Jul 15»
5
Hacking Team broke Bitcoin secrecy by targeting crucial wallet file
The company's embedded keylogger would surely capture the relevant password. And as one leaked company e-mail explained, the Money ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
6
UPDATE: Cracks show in testimony of ex-wife of former Vernon …
... two programs designed to permanently erase information from a computer as well as another program called a keylogger, that secretly saves ... «InfoTel News Ltd, Jul 15»
7
Don't be a victim of internet crime: How to spot scams and protect …
A keylogger is a type of spyware that records every tap you make on your keyboard and matches it to web pages you've visited. Adware installs ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
8
Hungary's Orbán government invests in spying technology for use …
RCS, or Galileo, is a very powerful surveillance software. It includes a keylogger function, which allows for intelligence agencies to track every ... «Hungarian Free Press, Jul 15»
9
PoSeidon: Inside the evolving world of point-of-sale malware
The initial infection vector has yet to be clearly identified, but Talos researchers suggest it could be the keylogger used in the malware. But without identifying ... «TechTarget, Jul 15»
10
FBI updates Most Wanted cyber felons list, offers US$4.2m bounties
The mastermind of the Zeus trojan; a car scamming screwball; an identity thief; a malvertiser, and a keylogger monger: nail these five net crims ... «The Register, Jul 15»

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